Corporate Social
Responsibility

Workplace

Our colleagues are the most valuable asset of our business.

Therefore, at Noble Foods we strive at all times to provide our colleagues with a workplace that is safe and free from discrimination and harassment.

A workplace where training opportunities are available for every individual to make the most of his or her potential. Above all, a working environment where outstanding performance is recognised and rewarded.

As part of this ongoing programme and our commitment to providing a safe place to work , we are currently working towardsOHSAS 18001 certification for all of our sites. We already have 100 % of sites in the milling, agricultural, Poultry and desserts divisions certified to OHSAS 18001.By being certified to OHSAS 18001, we aredemonstrating our commitment to implement, maintain and improve the way in which we manage our health and safety systems.

Our Values

Our Company Values are important to everyone at Noble Foods as they summarise how we like to work and what is important to us.

Community

At Noble Foods, one of our key CSR objectives is to support local communities and those in countries less well off than ourselves.

We are an active member of Business In The Community (BITC) which helps businesses tackle key social and environmental issues – more information is available atwww.bitc.org.uk.

We have a number of charitable initiatives including working with organisations who are closely linked to our products; we also encourage the fund raising interests of our colleagues as well as initiatives which give something back to the local communities in which we operate.

Malawi – Changing lives
We began to work with Fisherman’s rest in Malawi during the development of the One Egg brand. Since 2012 we have helped change lives by raising money to support specific projects. Through our food for schools program we now feed over 1700 children every single day ,which helps the children to concentrate and excel at school. We have developed 2 rural schools into full primary schools and are currently raising money to build a secondary school. Additionally we fund poultry projects whereby we provide the Poultry shed , feed and the first three flocks of hens. The poultry projects provide stable income for the schools and communities as well as teaching children valuable agricultural skills.

Environment

Noble Foods are constantly looking to develop greener and more energy efficient ways of working which will help protect the environment.

Noble Foods Group are committed to reducing its impact upon the environment, by reducing energy consumption to meet our targets under the Climate Change Agreements that we have signed up to, and reducing our CO2 output. Noble Foods Group is actively seeking to employ energy efficient measures and renewable energy technology within its facilities. This has been enhanced by the creation of Noble Green Energy Ltd, so that the group now has its own in house expertise in project managing and delivering renewable energy projects both internally at our own sites, and externally.

Animal Welfare

At Noble Foods, animal welfare is at the cornerstone of everything we do. With our happy egg co. brand we aim to be leading the way in setting animal welfare standards.

We have a team of experienced fieldsmen who visit every happy egg co. farm every month, to make sure that our high standards are being rigorously maintained. Although we are hen experts, we’re always happy to learn new ways to improve what we do and share this with all of our farmers. You can find out more at www.thehappyegg.co.uk.

Marketplace

At Noble Foods, we are committed to promoting a transparent and sustainable supply chain, and supporting British producers.

In addition to our own farms we have long-term relationships with nearly 330 producers, and we collect eggs from more than 375 locations stretching from the highlands of Scotland to Cornwall. Our producers are mainly family-owned farming businesses and many of them also have other farming enterprises such as arable and other livestock. All of our producers follow the British Lion Quality Code of Practice. Only eggs that have been produced to the highest standards of food safety can carry the British Lion Quality mark. You can find out more at www.lioneggfarms.co.uk.